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... position during the whole of his academic At the dreaded examination in January , when the new class comes before the academic board for their first arrangement in scholarship , McClellan came out second in a class of one hundred and ...
... position during the whole of his academic At the dreaded examination in January , when the new class comes before the academic board for their first arrangement in scholarship , McClellan came out second in a class of one hundred and ...
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... position which its duties assigned to it , and , in addi- tion , he was frequently called upon to engage in the hazardous duty of personal reconnoissance . In order to escape the poisonous hot winds of the tierra caliente , now daily ...
... position which its duties assigned to it , and , in addi- tion , he was frequently called upon to engage in the hazardous duty of personal reconnoissance . In order to escape the poisonous hot winds of the tierra caliente , now daily ...
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... position of the Mexican right was practically unassail- able , defended as it was by twenty - three guns in posi ... positions which might have been strongly held by the enemy under other circumstances , were left unde- fended and were ...
... position of the Mexican right was practically unassail- able , defended as it was by twenty - three guns in posi ... positions which might have been strongly held by the enemy under other circumstances , were left unde- fended and were ...
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... position his gallantry , and that of his officers and men , were con- spicuously displayed at Contreras as well as Cerro Gordo . " Similar commendation occurs in General Persifor F. Smith's report , who says : " Lieutenant G. W. Smith ...
... position his gallantry , and that of his officers and men , were con- spicuously displayed at Contreras as well as Cerro Gordo . " Similar commendation occurs in General Persifor F. Smith's report , who says : " Lieutenant G. W. Smith ...
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... position of the enemy . This consisted of the castle of Chapultepec , crowning a hill one hundred and fifty feet in ... positions for the batteries were selected , and the construction of Battery No. 2 was confided to McClellan ; it was ...
... position of the enemy . This consisted of the castle of Chapultepec , crowning a hill one hundred and fifty feet in ... positions for the batteries were selected , and the construction of Battery No. 2 was confided to McClellan ; it was ...
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A. P. Hill advance afternoon arrived artillery attack bank batteries battle Bottom's Bridge Bridge brigade campaign Casey's cavalry Chickahominy chief command Confederate army corps Court House Creek crossing D. H. Hill defensive delay Department directed dispatch duty enemy enemy's eral fight Fort Magruder Fort Monroe Franklin Frémont front guns Halleck Harper's Ferry headquarters Heintzelman Hooker Huger hundred immediate infantry intrenched Jackson James River Johnston Kearny's Keyes latter Lee's Longstreet Magruder Manassas March McClel McClellan McDowell McDowell's Mechanicsville ment miles military Mill Monroe morning move movement navy night numbers o'clock occupied officers Official War Records operations Peninsula Porter position possible Potomac President railroad Rappahannock re-enforcements reached rear redoubts regiments retreat Richmond right flank says Secretary Secretary of War sent siege Smith's strength success Sumner thousand tion transportation Union army Union forces Union line Valley vicinity Virginia Washington Williamsburg road York River Yorktown
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Page 59 - I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in...
Page 431 - As I understand, you telegraphed General Halleck that you cannot subsist your army at Winchester unless the railroad from Harper's Ferry to that point be put in working order. But the enemy does now subsist his army at Winchester, at a distance nearly twice as great from railroad transportation as you would have to do, without the railroad last named.
Page 195 - MY DEAR SIR: — You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac — yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will give me satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield my plan to yours.
Page 282 - I ordered the army corps organization not only on the unanimous opinion of the twelve generals whom you had selected and assigned as generals of divisions, but also on the unanimous opinion of every military man I could get an opinion from, and every modern military book, yourself only excepted.
Page 428 - President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army must move now, while the roads are good.
Page 187 - That the heads of departments, and especially the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, with all their subordinates, and the General-in-Chief, with all other commanders and subordinates of land and naval forces, will severally be held to their strict and full responsibilities for prompt execution of this order. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 186 - That the 22d day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement of the land and naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces.
Page 388 - I am clear that one of two courses should be adopted: First, to concentrate all our available forces to open communication with Pope ; second, to leave Pope to get out of his scrape, and at once use all our means to make the capital perfectly safe.
Page 399 - General Walker, with his division, after accomplishing the object in which he is now engaged, will cross the Potomac at Cheek's Ford, ascend its right bank to Lovettsville, take possession of...
Page 400 - Longstreet, Jackson, and McLaws, and with the main body of the cavalry will cover the route of the army and bring up all stragglers that may haVe been left behind. The commands of Generals Jackson, McLaws, and Walker, after accomplishing the objects for which they have been detached, will join the main body of the army at Boonsboro